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enObama Flacks Whack White House Press Corps for Pushback on Pay Gap Claimshttp://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2014/04/08/obama-flacks-whack-white-house-press-corps-pushback-pay-gap-claims
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Team Obama&#39;s spokesman were testy on Tuesday after being challenged by the press in their daily messaging about the allegedly awful pay gap between men and women. In the briefing today, <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/375318/carney-snaps-reporter-questioning-77-cent-stat-reuters-i-expect-something-little-more">Andrew Johnson at The Corner </a>noted Carney lashed out at Jeff Mason of Reuters when the reporter suggested &quot;outside economists say that the data the president is using, the 77-cent phrase, is wrong.&quot;&nbsp;</p>
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&quot;To say, &#39;economists.&#39; I mean, from Reuters, I would expect something a little more precise,&rdquo; Carney snapped. Communications director Jennifer Palmieri also attacked the White House press on Tuesday. (Video below)</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 20:42:20 +0000Tim Graham67184 at http://newsbusters.orgMSNBC Panel Agrees: If ObamaCare Fails, Blame GOP and Young Peoplehttp://newsbusters.org/blogs/andrew-lautz/2013/07/18/msnbc-panel-agrees-if-obamacare-fails-blame-it-gop-and-young-people
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President Barack Obama touted benefits of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in a speech at the White House Thursday, claiming his signature health care bill is &ldquo;<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57594380/obamacare-doing-what-its-designed-to-do-president-says/">doing what it&rsquo;s designed to do</a>.&rdquo; The president also acknowledged the &ldquo;glitches&rdquo; that have impacted the implementation of the law, including his announced one-year delay of a so-called &ldquo;<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/02/white-house-delays-employer-mandate-requirement-until-2015/">employer mandate</a>&rdquo; requiring businesses with more than 50 employees to provide health insurance.<br />
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Alex Wagner, and most of her Thursday <em>Now </em>panel, came to the defense of the president over ObamaCare and its implementation, while blasting Republicans for being &ldquo;<strong>reluctant to embrace</strong>&rdquo; the unpopular bill. Wagner invited on White House communications director Jennifer Palmieri to tout the legislation&rsquo;s purported benefits, but included no conservatives on her panel to challenge Palmieri&rsquo;s claims.</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:48:10 +0000Andrew Lautz61813 at http://newsbusters.orgPBS’s Judy Woodruff Gives White House Communications Director a Free Passhttp://newsbusters.org/blogs/paul-bremmer/2013/05/17/pbs-s-judy-woodruff-gives-white-house-communications-director-free-pas
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The PBS <em>NewsHour</em> led off its Thursday evening telecast with a story about the three scandals that currently envelop the Obama administration: the IRS targeting of Tea Party groups, the Justice Department&rsquo;s subpoena of AP phone records, and the Benghazi attack. Rather than following the package with analysis from a journalist, as PBS often does with stories like this, the taxpayer-subsidized network brought on White House Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri to provide the White House&#39;s spin on these scandals.<br />
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Even worse, anchor Judy Woodruff did not rise to the occasion with any tough questioning, allowing Palmieri to spin her way right out of trouble. All of Woodruff&rsquo;s questions dealt with President Obama&rsquo;s reaction to the scandals; she never grilled Palmieri on whether the White House was involved in any of this. The assumption seemed to be that the president was an innocent bystander in all of these scandals. <!-- VIDEO FILTER - INVALID CODEC IN: [Video below. MP3 audio <a href="/sites/default/files/2012/2013-05-16-PBS-NH-Palmieri.mp3">here</a>.] --></p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:33:00 +0000Paul Bremmer60475 at http://newsbusters.org